[HPforGrownups] Re: British Boarding School Books By "Old Boys": Read by Rowling?

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 65713


to dispute you, because I think you did an
> >excellent job on your post. But I would add that I think the 'boys
> >boarding school' is kind of ingrained in British culture, and most
> >people living there would have a familiarity with it. It must come up
> >all the time in British movies and TV, and I think it represents a
> >prominent part of their cultural history.
>
>There's one thing I find missing from my mental image of British
>boarding
>school culture.  The students are not always addressed by their
>surnames,
>and particularly siblings are not referred to as <surname> Major for the
>
>elder and <surname> Minor for the younger. Maybe they don't do this
>anymore?  Admittedly, this could get dashed confusing for a family like
>the Weasleys;  theoretically, they had five of them at Hogwarts at once
>[Charlie, Bill, Percy and the Twins]  and come to think of it, five last
>
>year as well [Percy, Twins, Ron, Ginny].
>
>Susan Fox-Davis
>selene at earthlink.net
>
I agree, Selene - does anyone know how British schools *do* handle multiple 
sibs at one school?

I seem to remember that they go over to "Jones Tertius", etc...not sure 
where I'm getting that from, maybe "Goodbye, Mr. Chips".

Felinia
(better known to you, Selene, as Bera...;-))

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